Speaker(s):

Damon West

Presentation Description: West’s presentation will center upon the theme that the ability to change our environments is within each of us; and, that for true progress to be made in this country, attitudes towards mental health and recovery must change.

Objectives:

  1. Describe The Coffee Bean (back story and applications)
  2. Share lessons learned in recovery
  3. Discuss ways to improve mental health and substance use in corrections (which is where many mental health and substance use patients reside, unfortunately)